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February 17, 2017 7:50am ET

Enrolled: Undecided

Admitted: Berkeley / Haas , Duke / Fuqua , MIT Sloan , UCLA Anderson

Applied: Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua, MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson

Entering Year: 2017

Post MBA Career: Technology

GMAT: 720

GPA: 3.4

Notes:

Struggle to choose between Sloan and Haas. Post MBA - software industry. Feel that Sloan is a better brand but I'm not interested in consulting or financial banking. Haas so close to Bay Area and all the startups seems to be much more software oriented (probably 2nd in this industry after Stanford). European candidate-no coast preferences.Thoughts?

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Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Sloan. Lots of software start-ups in Cambridge. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Haas - bay area way better (0)

Anon Likes Earned: 0 I would go Haas. Impossible to beat the network that you'd build in the Bay Area. Strong software recruiting as well. MIT also strong but may be a bit of a disadvantage considering your post MBA industry (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Haas, no brainer. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Great choices-- I think Haas has the slight advantage though. Much harder to break into software in Silicon Valley than it is to break into tech in Boston. I think Haas would open more doors for you. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 have you checked the recruiting lists? if you have specific firms in mind that might make the difference. off the top of my head, though, i'd say Haas as it's in the bay area. http://poetsandquants.com/2010/09/09/mits-sloan-school-vs-berkeleys-haas-school-of-business (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 Definitely Haas for Technology (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 I would say MIT Sloan. I know many people going to work for Microsoft, Amazon, etc. (0)

Anonymous Likes Earned: 0 I'd say Haas, too. Berkeley is perfect for your goals. (0)

Nono Likes Earned: 0 MIT if you want to help leaders get all the credit. Haas if you want to be that leader who hires MIT grads. (0)

Anon Likes Earned: 0 No love for UCLA or Duke?! C'mon (0)

@ClearAdmit Likes Earned: 0 Congrats on making the cut at four of the world's top MBA programs! Once again, some great advice from the community here. You clearly have a tough decision to make - for all the reasons indicated below. I think that most would agree that MIT Sloan is consistently higher ranked and has an edge in global reputation for all things technology and engineering. With that said, your fellow applicants here are right to point out that location is incredibly important and that Haas - with it's Bay Area location - offers incredible access to the jobs you seek. That alone may erase any difference in ranking or global reputation. Now, with that said, keep in mind that location cuts both ways. In short, a large percentage of Haas grads will wind up on the West Coast of the US - not just immediately after business school but for many years to come. Given that you are from Europe, you may want to think carefully about that element - since San Francisco is essentially twice as far (~10 hour flight) from London as Boston is (~5 hour flight). You should also consider the possibility that at some point you might work in Europe (unless you have a US passport or some guarantee of a green card/visa?) - and should carefully investigate the alumni networks of both schools in your home market too. Finally, given that this is a close call - and that you won't go wrong at either school - you should visit the programs (if possible) and get some time on campus to help determine where you feel most comfortable. Best of luck! (0)

Anony Likes Earned: 0 Definitely MIT - c'mon (0)

MIT Likes Earned: 0 I definitely hear what people are saying below with the bay area, but MIT is a no brainer here. Sloan absolutely has the better brand and has the edge with tech / entrepreneurship across the board (0)

UCLA Likes Earned: 0 Dude - go be a big fish in a small pond. UCLA all the way! Literally, you'll go all the way a lot in UCLA (0)